00045

00045, originally uploaded by thepooler.
真可怜， 车子买了才两天， 就被我蹬坏了。 爬陡坡时不该换档，我不知道， 用力蹬车，换档，然后车链子就被我蹬崩了， 躺在地上扭得像条恶心的虫。

马克西对他自己气急败坏，说他该早点提醒我的， 就那么迟疑了几秒，就出事了。 那时我们正在去和马克西他爸爸会合的路上。

半路车坏了， 马克西建议我照样骑着， 他边骑自己的车， 边一手推我和车。 我一想，死活不答应。 振振有词地说， 我这辈子还没做过这种事呢， 这里车来车往的， 我要是重心不稳，不就摔了？ 马克西看我说得激动， 不由得点头说好，竟似很满意我对自己生命的珍惜?!

因为只带了一条锁链， 折衷的办法， 我们只好把两车都拴了， 两人走路。 结果迟到20分钟， 马克西爸爸等得差点打道回府了。

看完展览后回家， 我们又在琢磨怎么把丢在半路的车以最方便的方法弄回去， 结果咧， 嘿嘿， 我自打嘴巴，真的是乖乖骑着回去了。 就是让他边骑自己的车，边推我和车前行。 原来也不是那么危险。。。而且还蛮好玩的， 因为自己完全不用出力啊。

晚饭后， 马克西提议要下楼修车。 需要帮忙， 所以我也下了。 又因为工具不齐， 捣弄了一个多小时才弄好。 天都黑了。 到最后，双手乌糟，心里真是对自己很不爽， 怎么老是把自己弄得不男不女，就算老穿裙子也是成不了娇滴滴的淑女。 唉，这辈子看来真没这个命了。。。。
明天一早要出发去奥地利，周一回来。

00015

00015, originally uploaded by thepooler.

去了巴伐利亚博物馆。那里有个与中国有关的展览。看见博物馆外面斗大的三个字禄亲王，当时想， 谁啊？清朝哪个亲王和巴伐利亚有关系？ 结果进去一看， 展览大略讲述的是从明末清初开始，巴伐利亚与中国之间400年的交往。
原来禄亲王并不是什么满清亲王， 而是巴伐利亚最后一个皇帝的儿子Rupprechts 王子 的中国名谓。 展览甚至展出了慈禧的画，袁世凯送给他的清式盔甲，和十二生肖雕塑在内的圆明园图。

看这那些古色古香的东西， 我就想起我爷爷奶奶和他们那暗暗的木楼屋和里面的旧家具。 很想念他们。

草莓奶昔冰棒

00005, originally uploaded by thepooler.

买了一盒草莓， 全给马克西拿去弄奶昔了。赶紧弄了根草莓奶昔冰棒。成品后，拿到太阳底下狂呼，杰作呀！杰作！这是我弄过最像冰棒的冰棒了！！

00018

00018, originally uploaded by thepooler.

isn't this an interesting house? the point is along the same street, there are different styles of houses. i suspect that's some kind of mini hub for artists... or something. generally, the buildings on the same street in munich tend to have an unified style, not like these ...

this is from a nearby street. equipped with solar power system, right?

i made the soup

i made the soup, originally uploaded by thepooler.

i made this soup. since i came here, i have only made one serious meal, which was for max's friends. and this soup was for one day afternoon when both of us where hungry. it was just supper easy. i found the recipe online, and max has those so called asian style frozen vegetables. so i just add a tomato in it and then here comes this soup.

we had a dinner at max's parents' apartment two days ago. as always, they were nice. max's dad likes to talk. he likes to talk about everything. and max's mom is a very sweet lady too. but too bad i can't speak any german, and she can't speak much of English...max's younger brother is coming to the states to study this august. his school is not in new york, but i have invited him, so hopefully when he comes to visit new york this late summer, max can be around.

our bikes

our bikes, originally uploaded by thepooler.

biking in munich is truly a bliss. compared to the car friendly street design in new york, munich street seems to encourage more of bikers on the road.

max has thought about getting a bike for me since last year. yesterday, we finally got two from a second handed bike shop. 52 euro for two bikes above.

we initially took half hour train to get to the shop, but it only took us around 45 minutes to ride home. it's not bad at all. we ride bikes on bicycle path between the drive way and walk way, it's considerably safe. i really hope we can ride the bikes around in new york city, but it seems just un-doable. you either have to fight with passer-by for walk ways or with cars for drive ways...

now, we can just ride bikes to the city instead of getting there by train. how nice!